Now that is a position I can get behind :) (View Post)

When this came up last time I pointed out that "you" is now both singular and plural and everyone got used to that. There's a lovely OED article about it. https://public.oed.com/blog/a… (View Post)

I agree; and that's why the discussion in the literature is so important; and why I also dug a bit beyond the "google consensus number" because - as others have suggested, it sounded o… (View Post)

I think you are right that the 1.7% is an over-estimate. And so is the "vanishingly small numbers". There's a really good paper on the debate on what should and should not be included,… (View Post)

"Near the M25" is a weird description, isn't it? (View Post)